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Eggs
by Jerry Spinelli
First Published
2009
Subjects
Family
Juvenile fiction
Family life
Fiction
Friendship
Families
Children's fiction
Grandparents, fiction
Security (psychology), fiction
Philadelphia (pa.), fiction
Friendship, fiction
Grief, fiction
Family life, fiction
Childrens
Large type books
Motherless families
Fatherless families
Description
Nine-year-old David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Sarcastic and bossy 13-year-old Primrose lives with her childlike, fortuneteller mother, and a framed picture is the only evidence of the father she never knew. Despite their differences, David and Primrose forge a tight yet tumultuous friendship, eventually helping each other deal with what is missing in their lives. This powerful, quirky novel about two very complicated, damaged children has much to say about friendship, loss, and recovery.